Klarinet Archive - Posting 000092.txt from 2009/01

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] Finger injury
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:44:31 -0500

I have had a number of students, customers and friends that have had this happen, and they all seem to have recovered over time and wound up playing ok.

Kurt

-----Original Message-----
>From: Audrey Travis <clr91nt@-----.ca>
>Sent: Jan 5, 2009 12:20 PM
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: [kl] Finger injury
>
>Last July I cut off a tiny part of the tip of my L middle finger in a
>gardening accident. Though it has healed well, I guess a lot of nerve
>endings are still traumatized and are near the surface, so it's
>difficult to play clarinet because it gets so sore when I need to press
>down on it.
>
>Has anyone had this injury and/or can anyone suggest any cream that
>might help it heal faster? The alternative is to bandage that part of
>the finger when I want to play, but that poses its own problems.
>
>Any help would be much appreciated.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Audrey
>
>
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